{"id":397,"date":"2020-08-05T17:00:03","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T15:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=397"},"modified":"2025-01-02T21:58:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-02T20:58:29","slug":"newsletter-07-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=397","title":{"rendered":"Newsletter 07\/2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear Sir or Madam, <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As EU Turkey Civic Commission we are pleased to send you our first newsletter.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From now on we would like to provide you with a monthly newsletter  with import information about the EU, Turkey and the Kurds.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also find current information about these topic on our homepage and Social Media channels.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are looking forward to a more intensiv exchange.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kind regards  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EUTCC Board <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About the EUTCC<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For 16 years, the EU Turkey Civic Commission organised annual \ninternational conferences in the European Parliament, focusing on the \nKurdish question and democratic processes in Turkey. \n\n\n\n\nhttp:\/\/eutcc.net\n\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Letter of MEP\u2019s to HR\/VP Josep Borrell  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>69 MEP\u2019s are calling on HR\/VP Josep Borrell for immediate action to \nstop Turkey\u2019s attacks against peace and democracy, in Kurdistan and \neverywhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=349&amp;embed=true#?secret=JIPQFuVZ1G\" width=\"600\" height=\"235\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Letter of EUTCC to HR\/VP Josep Borrell<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the occasion of the meeting of the Foreign Affairs Council on 13 \nJuly, we sent a letter to HR\/VP JosepBorrell to draw the attention to \nthe recent deplorable Turkish disregard for human rights, democracy, and\n the very rule of domestic\/international law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/eutcc.net\/?p=316&amp;embed=true#?secret=6UnyfFQlRg\" width=\"600\" height=\"235\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Democracy Matrix \u2013 Turkey declines from deficient democracy to moderate autocracy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The democratic matrix of Germany\u2019s University of W\u00fcrzburg has \nclassified Turkey as a moderate autocracy, ranking it 140th among 179 \ncountries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/stockholmcf.org\/turkey-declines-from-deficient-democracy-to-moderate-autocracy-democracy-matrix\/embed\/#?secret=8sJ04YMc2v\" width=\"600\" height=\"558\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Turkey\u2019s crackdown on political opposition finds a favored target: Elected Kurdish mayors <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The appointment of trustees to HDP municipalities as well as \ndetention and arrest of mayors continues. All of 65 municipalities but \n10 are taken over. Please find below the interview of Kareem Fahim with \nHDP mayor of Kars. \n\n\n\n\nhttps:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/middle_east\/turkeys-erdogan-seeks-to-neuter-the-opposition-ousting-dozens-of-mayors-is-his-latest-move\/2020\/07\/19\/b624f574-bfb9-11ea-8908-68a2b9eae9e0_story.html\n\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>EU Turkey Civic Commission<br>\nwww.eutcc.net<br>\nTwitter: @EUTCC1<br>\nFacebook: Eu Turkey Civic Commission <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Sir or Madam, As EU Turkey Civic Commission we are pleased to send you our first newsletter. 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